Improved name-fasten ing



UNITED STATES W. lV. KITTLE MAN,

PATENT EEICE.

0E BLooMEiELD, Town.

* IMPROVED HAMEfFASTENING.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. W. KITTLEMAN, of Bloomfield, in the county ofDavis and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHame-Fastenings5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved hame-fastening as appliedtothe haines. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a portion of the hameswith my fastening applied to them. Fig.3 is an edge view of a portion ofthe hames, showing my improved fastening. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof the loop-catch.

Similar letters of reference in the several gures indicate correspondingparts.

My invention relates to the fastenings which are used at the lower endsof haines; and the nature of the improvement made by me consists in apivoted loop-catch applied to one of the parts of the hames, inconnection with a perforated link, which is pivoted to the other part ofthe hames, and has its free end passed to a greater or less extentthrough the loop-catch, and retained by means of the tongue or catch ofthe loop, said tongue or catch taking into one or another of theperforations of the-link, all as will be hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

A B are the two parts of the hames which fit the groove of the horsescollar and carry the ordinary harness rings and irons. The upper ends ofthese parts A and B are connected together by means of a strap andbuckle, as usual.

C is the loopcatch, and l) the link used therewith', both applied to thelower end of the hames, as represented. The link may be jointed, as ata, so as to accommodate itself to the shapes of different collars. Theattaching end of the link is forked, so as to receive the lower end ofthe part A of the hames, and through this forked end and the end of thepart A a pivot, b, passes so as to vform a hingeconnection, as shown.Through the free or disconnected end of the link a series of aperturesor slots, c c, are cut in an oblique direction, as represented. Thesolid metal between these slots may be cut down so as to form a groove,d, and the sides of each slot may be cut down so that stops or shoulderse are formed, as represented.

The loop-catch C has a depressed cros s-bar`, f, at its rear end, whichserves as a means by which to connect it to the part B of the hames, andalso as the hinging-pivot on which it is adjusted. At the front end ofthe loop a shoulder, g, may be formed, and in addition thereto thehook-shaped catch h, as represented.

The respective hingeconnecting pivots of the link and loop-catch areheld in place by vmeans of a light metal strap, which is attached to theedge of the parts A and B of the hames, as shown.

From theforegoin g description and the draw ings it will be evident thatthe parts A and B of the haines can be linked together at their lowerends by simply slipping the slotted or `notched end of the link underthe hook-catch and through the loop to which said catch is attached, forby this operation the hook-catch will by its own gravity enter one ofthe slots or notches, and when once in a slot or notch it cannot readilyget out, as the action which `it is subjected to tends to force itfarther into the slot, or more lirmly against a shoulder of the link;but while this is the case, the teamster can in a moment disconnect ordetach the hames from the collar or adjust them upon the collar, itsimply being necessary for him to compress the lower ends of the parts Aand B together, and then lift the loop-catch to thel positionrepresented by red lines in Fig. 2.

By my invention all the advantages of an extensible hame are secured,and at the-same time the necessity for using and manipulating aspring-catch, turn-button, or other device, besides the two parts-viz.,link and loop or socket, which are necessarily used-is entirely avoided.l

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The link D, with oblique slots through 4. The combination o f thellames, 100por in it, in the manner and for the purpose (3a-teh, andlink D, constructed7 applied, and described. operating substantially asherein described.

2. The combination of the 0'roove d shoul- T ders e, and slots or holeso c in jche inanner l W W' KITTLEMA1` and for the purpose described.Witnesses:

3. The loop-catch C, constructed as de- ENos 'L GOILE, scribed, for thepurpose set forth. WM. C. JOHNSON.

